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better then our starters?

Brandon
L.A.
Batum
Blake
Przybilla

vs
Miller
Martell
Travis
Rudy
Greg
 
Travis over Nic most definitely, and maybe Rudy over Steve.

Elsewise, no way.
 
1. Roy
2. LMA
3. Joel
4. Blake
5. Batum

1. Miller
2. Rudy
3. Oden
4. Webster
5. Outlaw

I'd take Oden/Webster/Out over Joel/Blake/Batum, but Roy and LMA are too good for me to say the bench is better than the starters.
 
That lineup is going to be relentless. Other teams won't have a moment's reprieve.

If it does end up being: Blake/Roy/Nico/LaMarcus/Oden and Miller/Rudy/Martell/Travis/Joel, my god that second unit is going to kill.

I'd pay to see our first and second units play each other. But the first unit would win.
 
PG: Blake < Miller
SG: Roy >>>>>>> Rudy
SF: Batum > Webster
PF: Aldridge >>>>>>> Outlaw
C: Przybilla < Oden
 
If Miller doesn't start, I'm going to see some major chemistry issues down the road.
 
The two units are pretty close, but LMA and Brandon heavily tilt the field in their favor, the one thing you'd have to worry about is Miller getting Oden rolling to the hoop and Martell, Travis and Rudy would all be able to space the floor like mad.

Somehow I get the feeling the starting unit is not going include Blake, Pryz and Nic; perhaps one or two, but no way do all three hold on to their spots.
 
Miller
Travis
Martell
Rudy
Greg

This lineup is better then how many NBA teams starting line-ups?
 
Nikolokolus said:
Somehow I get the feeling the starting unit is not going include Blake, Pryz and Nic; perhaps one or two, but no way do all three hold on to their spots.
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Batum is the only one I expect to hold onto his spot. Well, Przybilla might to start the season, but I think Oden will be the starter in short order, barring a catastrophic failure (either in ability or health).
 
I think we had a starting 5 for a game that year of Bassy, Monia, Juan Dixon, ZBO and Ha!
 
Rudy/Oden/Webster are better than Joel/Batum/Blake, but Roy and Aldridge are just too good.

I have a hard time seeing Batum keep his starting spot though.
 
Brandon Roy is far and away the best player on our team so whichever unit has him is the better unit.
 
rocketeer said:
even if miller plays 28-30 minutes per game?
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But that is just a stupid coaches gimmick. "Don't worry Blakey, you're the starter..... you aren't going to play most of the game, but you're the starter."

If Miller plays the Lion's share of the minutes, of course he'll be happy, but it's still stupid. Start the best player.
 
Natebishop3 said:
But that is just a stupid coaches gimmick. "Don't worry Blakey, you're the starter..... you aren't going to play most of the game, but you're the starter."

If Miller plays the Lion's share of the minutes, of course he'll be happy, but it's still stupid. Start the best player.
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so last season the lakers, spurs, mavs, nuggets, blazers, jazz, etc were all stupid for not starting their best 5?

really, saying "start the best player" with no regards to how guys play together and how to get the best team on the floor all game is what's stupid.
 
Erroneous Subterfuge said:
Wait, one of those groups is our bench??? Four years ago we started:

V. Khryapa
T. Outlaw
T. Ratliff
S. Telfair
S. Blake
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Every time I think I have fogotten this horrific lineup, someone brings it up again.

I am surprised that team won even a single game in the NBA.
 
HispanicCausinPanic said:
better then our starters?

Brandon
L.A.
Batum
Blake
Przybilla

vs
Miller
Martell
Travis
Rudy
Greg
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If Oden isn't a starter then I will be disappointed. No offense to Joel but Oden has to play big minutes for the team to be a real contender.
 
LittleAlex said:
Every time I think I have fogotten this horrific lineup, someone brings it up again.

I am surprised that team won even a single game in the NBA.
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The funny / sad thing is that there was a significant number of posters on this board (well, the old board) that had absolutely convinced themselves that Khryapa and Monia were going to be very good players, and they just weren't getting enough time (sound familiar?). Some were even upset that we included Khryapa in the trade to get Aldridge!
 
blazerboy30 said:
The funny / sad thing is that there was a significant number of posters on this board (well, the old board) that had absolutely convinced themselves that Khryapa and Monia were going to be very good players, and they just weren't getting enough time (sound familiar?). Some were even upset that we included Khryapa in the trade to get Aldridge!
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There's nothing wrong with trying to stay positive through tough times :dunno:
 
Rodolfo said:
There's nothing wrong with trying to stay positive through tough times :dunno:
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There's a difference between "trying to stay positive" and flatout homerism and lack of sanity. :cheers:

It rivaled the current blind-homerism that a certain poster currently has towards Sergio. :lol:
 
blazerboy30 said:
There's a difference between "trying to stay positive" and flatout homerism and lack of sanity. :cheers:

It rivaled the current blind-homerism that a certain poster currently has towards Sergio. :lol:
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Sergio who? :drumroll:
 
Our bench will probably wind up being Blake/Rudy/Webster/Outlaw/Przybilla. That's probably a good enough squad to wind 40 or so games if they started somewhere else that had a mediocre bench.

It'd be kind of fun to see how many points Rudy, Webster and Outlaw could put up if they were primary options. Defensively...not so much fun.
 
1. No because the 2nd unit will never have Brandon Roy.
2. No because that isn't what the starters and bench is going to be when the season starts.
 
blazerboy30 said:
There's a difference between "trying to stay positive" and flatout homerism and lack of sanity. :cheers:

It rivaled the current blind-homerism that a certain poster currently has towards Sergio. :lol:
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That would be the same poster who referred to Viktor Khryappa as a young Scottie Pippen.

BNM
 
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